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The Performing Arts Center was packed last Friday, March 23, as audiences went to see Carlmont Choir's spring concert entitled "American Songbook."
"American Songbook" covered a variety of selections from America’s past, much of which was largely based on the songbook of the same name.
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The original “Alien” film could be described by words such as masterful, terrifying, and unprecedented. The recent addition to the franchise could be described by words like defective, amateurish, and just... not good.
Like many others, I am a huge fan of the “Alien” film series. Rid...

America has quite the fascination with barbecue. It is probably one of the most recognizable cuisines of America. The sad part, however, is that Belmont and San Carlos has an absence of barbecue -- very few restaurants serve it, and even fewer are wholly barbecue places.
Thankfully 3 Pigs BBQ exists; it is one of the few barbecue restaurants...

Kabul Afghan Cuisine is the sort of restaurant you would go to if you needed to hibernate. The plates are rich and full of just so many crisscrossing flavors that it's almost overwhelming.
I barely ate any breakfast the morning after eating there for dinner. It's painful -- it really is, especially...

A movie with bad ratings but a soundtrack with great ones.
This movie is "Fifty Shades Darker," which came out on Feb. 10.
The movie received a rating of 4.9 out of 10 on IMDb and nine percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
On the other hand, the soundtrack was number one on the iTunes charts and has a rat...

While not a sports bar, the TVs showing Wednesday night basketball and the obvious assortment of alcohol makes it seem almost like one. While odd in this manner, The San Carlos Bar and Grill is spectacular in all others.
The restaurant, located on 648 El Camino Real, is one of the best seafood...

The new restaurant that opened up at the Carlmont Village Shopping Center had been getting a lot of positive reviews as of late, essentially forcing me to review it.
Waterdog Tavern, the restaurant replacing Hola!, is what you would get if you took a San Francisco modern style and mixed it with...

Due to the recent increase in rent in the area, a few restaurants I highly enjoyed had to close. One of them was a really good pizzeria, so I had to go looking for another great pizzeria. Finding a restaurant that matched the greatness of the one I had lost seemed impossible until I eventually stumbled...

Tove Lo is too cool for you.
Or at least that's what she says.
On Oct. 28, Lo released her second studio album called "Lady Wood," following her debut album "Queen of the Clouds." After a successful album, as shown by her songs playing on the radio and ranking of number 14 on the U.S. Billboard...

Food trucks offer quite a variety of dishes as well as some unique takes on traditional ones. At Off the Grid's weekly Belmont lineup of food trucks, I tried dishes from The Chairman and Rocko's Ice Cream Tacos.
The Chairman food truck serves Chinese-style buns with a hint of American style fused in. For exa...

Sandwich places.
Belmont has maybe too many of them: Subway, Lorenzo's, Which Wich, Mr. Pickles, to name a few. However, it's The Greedy Ant Gourmet that's known for its modern take on sandwiches.
Their sandwiches are made with various cheeses (they have an entire chalkboard menu full of fancy che...

Here in the Belmont-San Carlos area, there is a plethora of pizza, burger, and the ever-growing number of sandwich places. Sometimes it's hard to find anything that isn't American, but when you do happen to stumble upon one, it's typically a great find.
This was the case with Santorini, a Mediterranean...